"The Boat", Amazon Prime

[laika]

If you don't mind national lampoon type comedy then "captain ron" can be entertaining ?
A family and a hired skipper moving a boat across the caribe an ?

Not on any streaming service I have but only £2.49 to rent from Amazon in SD and needed a bit of cheering up today.
Observations:
* Delivers as Rappey describes (and thanks for reminding me I'd never seen it)
* The sailing bits are surprisingly not absurd
* Anything featuring Kurt Russell wearing an eye patch is ok by me
* Kurt totally stole that look from me (except the eye patch)

Found an interesting article on captain Ron:
Captain Ron Revisited

 

[Yellow Ballad]

We watched "The Boat" last night. I enjoyed it but SWMBO & Son, who are not natural sailors, thought it was rather silly.

However, it did make me research the island of Gozo where I found the "Inland Lake" which was used in the film as the fisherman's home berth. I'm surprised that I've never heard of it before.

I wonder how many other open salt water lakes there are in the world which are so far from the sea yet have a direct link through a natural rock tunnel through which a small boat can pass, wave height permitting?

Richard

I found about it a few weeks ago on Kittiwake and recognised it straight away. Nice anchorage not far away either.

 

[RichardS]

I found about it a few weeks ago on Kittiwake and recognised it straight away. Nice anchorage not far away either.

Beautiful location and an amazing geological formation. Watching that really makes me want to get back down to the boat.

Richard

 

[Rappey]

Watching that really makes me want to get back down to the boat.

Would that be to install a "get out of the heads axe" ? ?

 

[RichardS]

Would that be to install a "get out of the heads axe" ? ?

Naw ..... I would just use the scissors or the razor blade to push back the latch. Spies and burglars have been doing it for decades but maybe fisherman don't watch movies.

Richard

 

[laika]

Would that be to install a "get out of the heads axe" ? ?

After "Captain Ron" I'd extend that to shower cubicles for those that have them independent of the heads

 

[PhillM]

Watched the trailer. Don't think the average heads door would offer nearly this much resistance to breakout attempts!

What’s a “heads door”. We have a curtain. From now on I shall tell guests that it’s a safety feature!

 

[obmij]

Great film except...

*SPOILER*

At the end of the film the fella gets dropped off in the Grand Harbour on the island of Malta. He then takes a short stroll and ends up back at the Inland Sea on the island of Gozo!

That's not right!!

On the positive side, and unlike the travesty that was All Is Lost, his radio procedure was spot on!

Nice one!

 

[RichardS]

Great film except...

*SPOILER*

At the end of the film the fella gets dropped off in the Grand Harbour on the island of Malta. He then takes a short stroll and ends up back at the Inland Sea on the island of Gozo!

That's not right!!

Also, the interior cave entrance on the inland sea is actually the exterior cave entrance on the seaward side ...... but that's film making.

Richard

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

I watched "The Boat" last night; strange film but entertaining.

 

[Captain Mortsik]

My wife watched it (who is the sensitive one with boating). Sh!t. Those movies make it even more difficult for doubtful people to decide going boating.
Is there a nice fun boating movie around??? All of the sea/boating movies are freaking thrillers and dramatic accidents

 

[sgr143]

The film of "Riddle of the Sands" is not at all bad, and also follows the book pretty closely, with a fair bit of sailing and vintage yachtery. It's not available via streaming on either Netflix or Amazon Prime, but you can get it on DVD via amazon.

 

[Captain Mortsik]

Watched "the boat" after seeing it mentioned here.
Was OK . Seen a lot worse.



If you don't mind national lampoon type comedy then "captain ron" can be entertaining ?
A family and a hired skipper moving a boat across the caribe an ?

Hey, what a great idea, I had watched small part for the last 20 years but never the whole movie. Till now! I watched it together with my love and totally enjoyed it!!! Great tip Thanks!!!!

 

[Rappey]

Captain Ron has been on tv many times.. also seen it a fair few times (probably nothing better to watch?)
It does feature a lovely boat and plenty of sailing action.
A few classic bits spring to mind, like dont go to that island as there are "gorillas" and when he comes tearing down the fairway and esentially does a handbrake turn to stop perfecly on the quay side

 

[Captain Mortsik]

Captain Ron has been on tv many times.. also seen it a fair few times (probably nothing better to watch?)
It does feature a lovely boat and plenty of sailing action.
A few classic bits spring to mind, like dont go to that island as there are "gorillas" and when he comes tearing down the fairway and esentially does a handbrake turn to stop perfecly on the quay side

Yes exactly that. I caught it on tv numerous times but never really watched it till now I saw that “handbreak” move on instagram a few times ??? cool to lose up during corona ?

 

[stephen_h]

We wtached "The Boat" - wife said it was just like one of our normal sailing holidays! ?

 

[AndrewfromFal]

Also watched it as brought back many memories of racing a 45f5 in 1990 and 1992 - Crocodile Dundee it was called.

It was a twin forward bunk cabin version so had two doors in the main bulkhead which twisted and popped out of the moulding when under spinnaker in heavy weather - the mast slewed aft as the mast foot moved fwd and that was the end of the race and the boat. The owner had a right old wrangling with Beneteau who in the end gave him a new Oceanis in exchange and the French came over to sail Crocodile back to France to repair - took one look at it and they went back to the nearest ferry terminal. The boat was shipped back.

Also reminded me of when I worked for Northshore and we loaned a film crew a Vancouver 36 with Annabel Croft "helming" for some program that escapes me. In reality I was lying out of shot on the cockpit sole steering - probably like the boat was in much of the film.

I think I might have sailed with that owner a couple of times; - did he move on to an X-482?

 

[E39mad]

I think I might have sailed with that owner a couple of times; - did he move on to an X-482?

He used to own a large house opposite Dittisham which he sold to Peter De Savary and he then bought a Cheoy Lee 73 motorsailer! Don't think he bought an X yacht. Croc Dundee was race chartered so could have been one of the charterers you sailed with.

 

[AndrewfromFal]

He used to own a large house opposite Dittisham which he sold to Peter De Savary and he then bought a Cheoy Lee 73 motorsailer! Don't think he bought an X yacht. Croc Dundee was race chartered so could have been one of the charterers you sailed with.

He used to own a large house opposite Dittisham which he sold to Peter De Savary and he then bought a Cheoy Lee 73 motorsailer! Don't think he bought an X yacht. Croc Dundee was race chartered so could have been one of the charterers you sailed with.

Totally different bloke in that case (not a Devon-dweller, and a Cheoy Lee really wasn't his thing); - although pretty much exactly the same issue with a 45f5 and exactly the same solution proffered by bendy toy ('Here, have nice new Oceanis').